Wrong-way DUI driver arrested in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A DUI operator was arrested successful Fresno County aft driving the incorrect mode connected a freeway successful Fresno and picking up speeds of astir 100 mph, the California Highway Patrol said.

CHP says their dispatch halfway received a 911 telephone reporting a wrong-way operator going southbound successful the northbound lanes of Highway 99 southbound of Manning Avenue astatine speeds of up to 90 mph.

Officers accidental a CHP portion stopped freeway postulation astatine Second Street successful Selma, wherever the operator made a U-turn.

CHP reports the operator was driving nether the power astir 3 times the ineligible limit. He was arrested and booked.